Chauncey Forward Black

Chauncey Forward Black (born November 24, 1839 in York , Pennsylvania , † December 2, 1904 ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1887 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Pennsylvania.

Career

Chauncey Black was a member of a well-known family of politicians. His father Jeremiah S. Black (1810-1883) was a judge at the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and attorney general and for a short time Secretary of State under President James Buchanan . His grandfather was Congressman Henry Black (1783–1841). His maternal grandfather, Chauncey Forward (1793–1839), also sat in Congress . He attended Hiram College in Ohio , where he befriended the future President James A. Garfield , who taught there. He then graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. After completing his training, he worked as a journalist, mainly writing articles for the New York Sun newspaper . He ghost-wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln , which was then published under the name of Lincoln's bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon .

Politically, Black was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1882 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania at the side of Robert Emory Pattison . He held this office between 1883 and 1887. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . In 1886 he ran unsuccessfully for governor. After his time as lieutenant governor, Chauncey Black did not appear politically. He died on December 2, 1904 in York, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Chauncey Forward Black in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• Death report in the New York Times